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E-shutter is slow. It is said that it takes 1/10 of a second to retrieve image from the sensor. My observations are that GX7 is even slower, at around 1/7-1/8 of a second. That causes moving object...

Worth noting that Panasonic cameras also suffer from the shutter shock.

I can easily reproduce it on my GX7 at 100-150mm FLs (that's 200-300mm eq).

Sony NEX uses first curtain electronic shutter,...

@John, I have already tried the e-shutter. I like it for what it is but I do not like it being so poorly integrated with the rest of the camera. Panny should have made an option to use the...

"The issue is most prevalent at shutter speeds between 1/80th and 1/250th of a second, and most obviously visible when using short telephoto lenses [...]"

Wow. That's a biggie. No, that genormous...

Observation. In all photos where the stripes are present, their number is the same. It is around 7 dark and 7 light stripes. If every light stripe is the sign of the current change, 7 stripes = 7Hz...

Well, I have also shot at 1/100, 1/200 and 1/400. Now that I look close, the 1/100 shots are almost stripe-free. But 1/200 and 1/400 are as bad as the 1/160 I have posted.

Pretty cool.

Actually, the more interesting research would be have been in the other directions: what optical distortions can be correct well in the software? Some uniform resolution sacrifice is...

No. The one from promotion looks like this one: DMW-CGK12 http://shop.panasonic.de/DMW-CGK12/DMW-CGK12E-K,de_DE,pd.html Which appears to be made for a m43 camera with kit 14-42 lens mounted. The...

I went into a camera shop and got myself Cullmann Toronto Vario 100. GX7+20mm fits inside perfectly. But I doubt the case is available outside Germany. I think more important is the "how" I bought...

Just looked it up, those are the halogen bulbs. Tried to search the interwebs, but there are no mentions of a problem caused by them for photography. :(

Actually, those are the halogen bulbs (just looked it up). They have a cone-like shape and there are 3 of them. This is the strongest - and the last incandescent - light source in my house. The...

I have just repeated the test and I think I found the problem with my previous test. All images takes with the e-shutter display something like vertical banding: lighter stripe, darker stripe,...

Not a tester myself - would be interested in the results too. Neither I have a decent test subject nor yet I have setup a RAW toolchain for the GX7. (Try to learn shooting JPEG only.) Read once...

Nice "slice of life" shots. Thanks for posting.

Love the autumn! What was the lens? The close-ups look tasty!

(Con) It is relatively small. I expected it to be larger. (Minor Con) One can see artifacts when moving eyes too fast around. (Pro) Color reproduction is good. (Pro) No visual artifacts in very...

In the mean time, you can easily address the problem by "upgrading" to a better browser: for example FireFox or Chrome. On my Win7 PC I keep Chrome and Opera browsers installed, as back up for my...

Thanks for the write-up. I'm sad to see that the lens is affected to the degree. At least you do not get the double images I experienced with the legacy Oly 40-150mm lens. I'm not sure why the lens...